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Luggage racks are out, lots of goodies I can reuse in them, both floor heaters out, the wiring will be for the pumps on the water tanks, pulled a little of the internal wall away and round its all insulated so that can wait for the windows to come out after the wet has finished, so now will tackle the interna...

Subject: FW: WHY MEN DON'T WRITE ADVICE COLUMNS Dear Robert, I hope you can help me here. The other day, I set off for work leaving my husband in the house watching the TV as usual. I hadn't driven more than 5 miles down the road when the engine conked out and the car shuddered to a halt. I walked back hom...

Always remember, If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem is electrical.

Thanks to all for the great forum. I have been snooping around for some time without introducing myself as we technically are not Grey Nomads(although the grey is starting to appear). Yet here we are with, of course, a couple questions. As we are relatively newcomers to Perth, does anyone have any sug...

I didn't think the rain was ever going to stop, but it is starting to look fine again now. I'm just outside Lakes Entrance tonight and Crikey! The number of posts just because I was out of range for a couple of days. I've updated my blog so all the good stuff is in there including lots of pics.

I believe we have missed a birthday celebration of our most ilustrious guru "Basil Faulty" let me congratulate you on the passing of another year Basil. a bit belated I know but forthcoming nonetheless happy birthday for the 20th of January mate, hope you had a good one, whats that make yo...

Kevin Rudd was visiting a primary school and he visited one of the classes. They were in the middle of a discussion related to words andtheir meanings. The teacher asked Kevin, the saviour of 'working families', if he would like to lead the discussion on the word 'tragedy'. So Kevin (the saviour of 'wo...

Got this out of a training manual and thought it may fit into the Techo forum when it get up and running. In the meantime those thinking on battery replacement may wish to consider AGM as the most suitable alternative to lead acid or Gel cells, Don't fall for buying big, sometimes two smaller units co...

Hi guys Well first time on the site, have been reading the forum and got some really great hints from time to time. We're just 11 weeks away from leaving home and hitting the road to go where we haven't been and see what we haven't seen. We were extremely fortunate last year to be able to buy a 100 series c...

Hi folks, I was wondering if you have some sort of sticker that you put on your van/car so that others know you are members of the Grey Nomads. Cheers, Lady G.

Good to see those electric shock dog collars have been banned but I found a good gadjet to train a dog with from Dick Smith. It's an ultrasonic dog trainer that emits an ultrasonic tone at 110 Db when you press the button. Simple to use, when the dog is doing something you do not want ie pulling at the leash e...

G'day Dave and Wendy, Many congratulations on your Golden Wedding, it is a milestone in your life that is a testament to the love and hard work you both have put into making your marriage very special. Our best regards to you both. John & Irona.

An old boy scout recipe. Take an orange and cut the top off as you would for a boiled egg. Scoop out and eat the inside of the orange. Half fill with chocolate cake mix, put the top back on the orange and wrap it in foil. Place it in the hot coals for about 10 mins. Remove, unwrap, take the top of the orange a...

A quick recipe for pumpkin damper. Two ingredients only and a nice warm camp oven. Pour one 500g can of cream of pumpkin soup in a bowl. Continue to add SR flour, stirring as you go, until you have a damper consistency. Knead and drop into the camp oven. Cook as you would for any camp oven damper. ...

I came across this site in December last year and was suitably impressed. Decided I would like to become a member so went ahead and filled out the "New Member" section. I have tried to log on quite a number of times since but was rejected with the statement "your account is still being pr...

Hi everyone nedding some info on a couple of national parks near Orbost Coopracambra and Croajingolong interesting names I had never heard of them till yesterday. Some friends of ours coming over from France this week if they can get out of ice bound airport in London to tour our great country for the s...

The $1.99 Special We went to breakfast at a restaurant where the 'seniors' special' was two eggs, bacon, hash browns and toast for $1.99.'Sounds good,' my wife said. 'But I don't want the eggs.' 'Then, I'll have to charge you two dollars and forty-nine cents because you're ordering a la carte,' the wa...

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well some of the more astute amongst you may have noticed that we are indeed back from a refreshing and most enjoyable 2 weeks in Tassie, however it almost ended before it started not having the foresight to carry a spare set of alternator brushes amongst my spares, yep the alternater died going thr...

may I be so bold as to suggest setting aside a few moments to just give thought to our victorian freinds in these horrendously trying times, our thoughts and prayers are with you all in these extremely difficult days, to those that have lost loved one's, we feel your pain most of all and mourn right alo...